Will Parsons

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About Will Parsons

Will is a Director of Qualitar Consulting, a specialist procurement consultancy, which he joined in 2003, and he has advised more than 200 organisations over his 30 years in consulting. His first consultancy employment was with PA Consulting Group, for nine years, becoming Regional Manager in PA's Birmingham office before joining Sterling Management Consultants, where he led their purchasing practice.Will now works part-time as a procurement trainer and occasional conference speaker, covering a range of issues associated with leading edge procurement practice. He is a passionate enthusiast about the importance of strategic procurement, and he aims to increase its profile, its calibre and its positive impact in all the organisations he advises.He is a maths graduate from Cambridge University, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, and a Certified Management Consultant.Will spent four years, until October 2008 as a member (and latterly chairman) of the CIPS Fellowship Selection Panel. He joined the Board of Management of the CIPS in November 2009.

Regional Manager

Full-time Employee

From Mar 1978 to Apr 1987

I joined PA's Manchester office in 1978 and by 1984 I was appointed Regional Manager in Birmingham, responsible for client development across the West Midlands as well as leading PA's purchasing consultancy work outside London.